Re: [HOE] Handguns

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

> Yeah, as a side note, I've often wondered why there hasn't been a
> round introduced into the game that uses ghost rock dust as the
> propellant. I'd been tinkering with a DL character that uses specially
> made handguns with such bullet, with the damage being basically magnum
> rounds, but the odd side effect is that the bullets "scream" when
> fired, causing everyone to make a Guts check at TN 5.

Well Ghost Rock is some pretty volatile stuff. I would definitely force
some type of reliability check for the gun.

Here's two other ideas to toy with:

Ghost Steel is supposed to be about the hardest thing out there, right?
How about a lead bullet with a shaped ghost-steel core? AP from hell.

Something I might use in a game someday:
Lead bullets that are heated and molded over a ghost rock fire catch some
vapors from the fire. As such they are imbued with the faintest hint of
magic and can damage abominations normally only hurt by magic weapons.
Alternatively they could stun/wind harrowed and walkin' dead.

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